ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) 43-15738 Mt. Deception, AK
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Date:Monday 18 September 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Operating for:Northwest Airlines
Leased from:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 43-15738
MSN: 20204
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16
Total:Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Mt. Deception, AK (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Anchorage (unknown airport), AK, United States of America
Destination airport:Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), United States of America
Narrative:
The C-47 was approximately 35 miles off course en route from Anchorage to Fairbanks, Alaska. The crew apparently was flying at 12,000 feet when they encountered a severe downdraft, which forced them to go on instruments into the clouds. The C-47 hit belly first with the fuselage splitting open, then slid down a precipitous slope coming to rest a third of a mile down from the point of impact.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» 1947 Mount Deception C-47 Wreck
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Remembering Our Heritage


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Douglas DC-3

  • ca 13.000 built
  • 1036th loss
  • 350th fatal accident
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